HRS4R at UCM · 2018. 4. 16. · 16% Sciences, Engineering and Architecture 22% Health Sciences 36% Social and Legal Sciences 26% Population by Knowledge Area R1 14% R2 17% R3 35%

HRS4R at UCMHUMAN RESOURCES STRATEGY FOR

RESEARCHERS

ONLINE SURVEY TO RESEARCHERSJune - July 2017

Contents

Technical Specifications

Participation and sample distribution

R Scale – European Framework for Research Career

Survey results

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Technical specifications

Type of survey Online self‐administered questionnaire Dates June 20 to July 2, 2017 Promotion of participation Email pre‐announcement and announcementTargeted population The universe of research and teaching staff at UCM

6,736 individualsNumber of answers 1,135 participantsParticipation level 16,85% Equivalent confidence level 95%Sampling error +‐2,6%Tabulation of data and report Vice‐rectorship for QualitySystem CAWI – Computer Assisted Web Interviewing

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Participation and Sample distribution

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Sampling error

±2,6For the data measured at the UCM level, always with a confidence level of 95% (p = q), assuming that the estimators are unbiased and under the assumption, conservative in terms of the size of the variable sampling error, which is A simple random sample.

The survey is based on a CAWI system (Computer Assisted Web Interviewing) implemented by the Vice‐Rectorate of Quality of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, for this purpose.

Contact with the target audience was made through institutional email. In this email, in addition to informing them about the survey, they were shown an individualized link, with which they could access the online survey.

During the fieldwork process, respondents who had not yet completed the questionnaire received one reminder email informing them of the date of completion of the information collection period.

Women47%

Men53%

Population by Gender

Women 48%Men

52%

Sample by Gender

0 10 20 30 40 50

Women

Men

38,6

44,5

8,1

8,8

PARTICIPATION RATE BY GENDER

Participate Not participate

Participate17%

Not participate83%

Participation in the survey

Participate Not participate

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Humanities and arts23%

Experimental sciences and technics24%

Health sciences30%

Social and legal sciences

22%

Other1%

Sample by Knowledge areas

Arts and Humanities

16%

Sciences, Engineering and Architecture

22%

Health Sciences36%

Social and Legal Sciences26%

Population by Knowledge Area

R114%

R217%

R335%

R434%

R scale distribution of the Sample

R131%

R217%

R3‐R452%

R scale distribution of the Population

The Framework describes four broad profiles, with the following titles: • R1 First Stage Researcher (up to the point of

PhD) • R2 Recognised Researcher (PhD holders or

equivalent who are not yet fully independent) • R3 Established Researcher (researchers who

have developed a level of independence) • R4 Leading Researcher (researchers leading

their research area or field)

The Framework is "sector‐neutral". The descriptors apply to all researchers, independent of whether they work in the private or public sector and regardless of any particular profession. One can outline broad profiles that describe the different characteristics researchers may possess. UCM. For our study purposes, the following grouping was made, according to the contract and hiring modalities existing at UCM:

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• R1 – PhD students hired at UCM; Assistant; Collaborating Professor; Staff hired within research projects not holding a PhD degree; Associate professors without PhD degree (Estudiantes de doctorado con contrato; Ayudante; Profesor/a colaborador/a; Profesor/a asociado/a sin doctorado).

• R2 – Postdoctoral contracts (UCM, Juan de la Cierva, Ramón y Cajal, Marie Curie,…); Professor Assistant Doctor; Staff hired within research projects holding a PhD degree; Associate professor holding a PhD degree (Contratos postdoctorales (UCM, Juan de la Cierva, Ramón y Cajal, Marie Curie,…); Profesor/a Ayudante Doctor/a, Contratados/as con cargo a proyectos con título de doctorado; Profesor/a asociado/a con título de doctorado).

• R3 – Professor Hired Doctor; Professor; Full Professor (Profesor/a Contratado/a Doctor/a; Profesor/a titular, Catedrático/a).

• R4 – Any of the above fulfilling the following conditions: principal investigator of at least a competitive Project; leader of a UCM recognized research group (ser Investigador/a principal de al menos un proyecto con financiación en convocatoria competitiva; ser líder de un grupo de investigación reconocido de la UCM).

The study groups UCM teaching and research staff in these four groups, under the indicated titles: R1, R2, R3, R4.

European Framework for Research CareerR ‐ Distribution

R-Index distribution by SexR-Index distribution

R-Index distribution by age group

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R Scale ‐ Distribution

R-Index distribution by nationality

R-Index distribution by seniority

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Non European nationality

R-Index distribution by sessenials

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Please, indicate to what extent you agree or desagree with the following statements, related to the research staff selection and recruitment procedures.

Survey Results

Selection and recruitment procedures are open Are transparent

Are adjusted to the offered position (concerning requirements, conditions, selection process, etc) Are efficient and effective

0 means you completely desagree and 10 you completely agree

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Are made sufficiently in advance

Please assess, from 0 to 10, the publicity and communication made concerning the positions offered by UCM

Are sufficiently announced at national level

Are sufficiently announced at international level Are announced in Spanish and English


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The Unit or Area of the UCM in which the job will be performed

Please assess, from 0 to 10, how important you think that the announcements of the positions offered include the following informations

The name of the position

The number of positions offered Starting date

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Type of contract and duration


The Economic and labour conditions

Functions or tasks to be performed Profile of required and desirable competences

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Selection criteria


Description of the selection process

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Members must be apointed following clear rules and guidelines

Please assess now, how important you think the following issues are, concerning the selection committees

Must include people from different disciplines

Must have an adequate gender balance Should include people from other institutions

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Please assess now, how important you think the following issues are, concerning the selection committees

Please, assess how important it is that the assessment of merit includes the following aspects

Academic record Quality of scientific publications

Members should receive training and/or advice to perform their task, specially concerning assessment of merit

0 means you completly desagree and 10 you completly agree

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Research performance The capacity to manage research

The experience and capacity to supervise other people Teaching performance

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Innovativeness in teaching Knowledge exchange and transfer

International, national and intersectoral mobility Team work

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Assess, from 0 to 10, to what extent the conditions of the posts offered for teaching and research staff, the required and desirable competences are adjusted and in line to the positions offered.

Review of CV and other documentationInterviews on the phone, Skype or others

Focusing teaching and research staff selection procedures at UCM, assess from 0 to 10 how relevant is that they include the following aspects

Face to face interviews

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Assess to what extent you consider that the selection and recruitment system at UCM includes the following aspects:

Encourages external candidates to apply Is in line with policies to attract researchers from abroad

Is in line with policies to provide attractive working conditions for staff performing exclusively or partially research tasks

Are internationally comparable

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Assess to what extent the UCM should improve the following aspects related to the selection and recruitment of staff. Assess them from 0 to 10, 0 being that it should improve them and 10 that it shouldn’t improvee too much.

National and international dissemination of job offers Information about the professional career possible at UCM

Transparency of the recruitment of staff performing partially or exlusively research tasks The criteria and methods to assess the merit of candidates

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Assess to what extent the UCM should improve the following aspects related to the selection and recruitment of staff. Assess them from 0 to 10, 0 being that it should improve them and 10 that it shouldn’t improve too much.

The appropriateness of the selection procedures to positions offered, in each case

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Focusing the aspects related to the working conditions, please asssess from 0 to 10 to what extent you agree with the following statements

UCM offers the necessary and appropriate environment and equipment to develop research UCM aknowledges the right and promotes the participation of teaching and research staff in decision making bodies

UCM has the appropriate mechanisms to present and solve claims and appeals

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Indicate to what extent you know and excerce without difficulties your intellectual property rights.

Concerning teaching Concerning research

Assess from 0 to 10 to what extent you know what your obligations and rights are, concerning the following issues

Concerning other tasks

Do you know what are the opportunities and conditions to evolve in your professional career at UCM? Assess it from 0 to 10, 0 being you don’t know them and 10 you know them perfectly.

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Assess from 0 to 10, to what extent the UCM respects the following issues related to health and security at work.

Respects the existing regulation Informs and offers adequate training

Provides the adequate means when necessary

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Please, assess from 0 to 10 how important you think is that the UCM assesses regularly the performance of teaching and research staff, concerning the following items

Teaching Research

Others

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Please assess from 0 to 10, to what extent UCM promotes and facilitates that the relationship between PhD students and their supervisors is…

Structured Regular and scheduled

Recording activities and results

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UCM ensures that the person in charge of the mentorship or thesis direction tasks has the necessary skills and the time needed to perform such tasks in a good manner? Assess from 0 to 10

Assess from 0 to 10, to what extent the supervision (mentorship and thesis direction) are adequatly aknowledged.

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Focusing questions related to ethical and professional aspects, please assess from 0 to 10 the following statements:

UCM has the mechanisms to ensure that the good practice principles in research arerespected at the university

Thanks to UCM I can keep my self informed about the research funding opportunities

UCM offers support to the elaboration and management of research projects in order to obtain funding

Thanks to UCM I can keep myself informed about the regional, national, internationalor sectoral regulations affecting my working conditions

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Focusing questions related to ethical and professional aspects, please assess from 0 to 10 the following statements:

UCM contributes to the dissemination and exploitation of research results

Confidentiality and data protection Security of electronic information

Please, assess from 0 to 10, to what extent you develop your activity in adequate security conditions, concerning the following aspects:

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Do you know the UCM Code of Ethics and Good Conduct?

A Code of goood practices in research

Important in order to improve the research.

Do you know the UCM Code of Good Practice in PhD degrees?

Do you know the specific committees and/or regulations affecting your study field (biomedicine, experimentation with

animals; etc)?

A procedure / guidelines / general mechanisms, updated, for the supervision ofPhD thesis

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A procedure / manual / guidelines for the staff selection procedures An advice and guidance service for the development of professional career

An information system on the merits of the staffA traning service including transversal skills

Importance ranking: Important in order to improve the research.

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HRS4R at UCMHuman Resources Strategy for Researchers

Online survey to research and teaching staff at UCM

July 2017

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